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Giulio Castelli
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Assistant Professor in water resources management at University of Florence | https://cercachi.unifi.it/p-doc2-0-0-A-3f2b3b2f352e30.html
New paper out:

L. Villani et al (2025) #Largedams and #smallreservoirs: co-modeling water storage strategies in a #Mediterranean catchment under a changing climate. Front. Water 7:1673203.

doi.org/10.3389/frwa...
Frontiers | Large dams and small reservoirs: co-modeling water storage strategies in a Mediterranean catchment under a changing climate
The Mediterranean water sector faces multiple challenges. Climate change not only drives future water shortages but also drastically affects the effectivenes...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Giovedì 6 novembre, alle 21:00, parteciperò al webinar di approfondimento su "Co-Creating Water Knowledge" dal progetto CAI Club Alpino Italiano "Acqua Sorgente"

Per maggiori informazioni e per partecipare:
acquasorgente.cai.it/evento/webin...
Webinar di approfondimento Co-Creating Water Knowledge un progetto per la creazione di conoscenza e strategie di gestione e condivisione delle risorse idriche - Acquasorgente
Giovedì 6 novembre ore 21:00 Con il Dott. Giulio Castelli dell’Università di Firenze che ci parlerà di strategie e opportunità per integrare maggiormente le comunità locali nella pianificazione e gest...
acquasorgente.cai.it
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Great to see our work on #Soil and #Water #Bioengineering in #Burundi featured on @dialogueearth.bsky.social

dialogue.earth/en/food/buru...

The work was realised in the #WorldBank " Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project"

For more information: bit.ly/4nGVjJo
Burundi employs plants to curb landslides
Scientists and farmers have used ‘biology-oriented engineering’ to restore and protect land threatened by erosion
dialogue.earth
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
New paper out:

Vrachioli, M., et al. (2025). #WEFE #nexus unveiled: A comprehensive review of monitoring and #modelling methods in the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus. @ioppublishing.bsky.social Environmental Research Letters, 20(11), 113005. doi.org/10.1088/1748...
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
At @egu.eu, our #WorkingGroup "Co-creating Water Knowledge" is presenting two sessions:

Co-creation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
bit.ly/3WAB5pv

Co-creation in Practice (Short Course)
bit.ly/4oOgPg4

Join us, and consider submitting an abstract.
For info: bit.ly/4oSImNC
November 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Join EUniWell & the University of Florence for “A Multi- and Trans-disciplinary Perspective on Environmental Change in the Mediterranean” 🌊

📍 Florence & online | 🗓️ 27–28 Nov 2025

💡 Free participation | Deadline: 3 Nov

Find out more: www.euniwell.eu/news-events/...

#EUniWell #WellBeing
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy to have been invited to give a keynote talk on #CoCreation of #Water #Knowledge at the ICWES2025 conference in #Fez, #Morocco:
icwes2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en

Find more information on this key topic at iahs.info/Initiatives/...
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
@egu.eu creates new Emergency Support policy, to provide assistance to any researcher globally affected by disaster, crisis or conflict, including #Palestine.

www.egu.eu/news/1549/eg...
EGU creates new Emergency Support policy, to provide assistance to any researcher globally affected by disaster, crisis or conflict.
<p>Following a vote by EGU’s volunteer Council, the EGU has adopted a new comprehensive emergency support policy that will provide greater access to all EGU's scientific tools, resources and opportuni...
www.egu.eu
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I am delighted to join the ICWES2025 conference in #Fez, #Morocco, as a member of the #ScientificCommittee and to deliver a #keynote talk on our work on #CoCreation of #WaterKnowledge

For more information: icwes2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
On Friday, I will present our work on #CoCreation of #WaterKnowledge at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, one of the historically #BlackUniversities of the US.

Thanks to Dr. Hubert Hirwa for the invitation.

doi.org/10.1080/0262...

@hsj-iahs.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Reposted by Giulio Castelli
#EGU26 is already on its way 🎉!
Abstract submissions are officially open until 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET.

Let the journey begin and submit your abstract NOW!

👉 Visit https://www.egu26.eu/ for more information!
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Check out the @EUniWell event: www.euniwell.eu/news-events/...

A Multi- and Trans-disciplinary Perspective on Environmental Change in the Mediterranean
27/11/2025 to 28/11/2025

Applications for participation are open!
A Multi- and Trans-disciplinary Perspective on Environmental Change in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean is a critical environmental hotspot where climate change, migration, and social tensions intersect. Join the EUniWell International Workshop (27–28 November 2025, University of Flore...
www.euniwell.eu
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Giulio Castelli
I'm proud to share the first paper on co-creating water knowledge from our #IAHS #cocreatingwaterknowledge group! We're centering diverse knowledges in hydrology—a return to my ethnobotany roots. It's not always easy, but sparks creative ways of thinking about water. doi.org/10.1080/0262...
Co-creating water knowledge: a community perspective
Navigating the complexities of global and local water resources challenges requires collaboration and mutual learning among diverse knowledge systems and disciplines. However, Western philosophical...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thanks to all colleagues of the Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Agraria (AIIA) and Università degli Studi 'Mediterranea'​ di Reggio Calabria for organising a wonderful conference with the view on the troubled #Mediterranean.

For more information: lnkd.in/d-nvhNjW
September 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reposted by Giulio Castelli
Palestinian liberation is not simply a moral or human rights issue: it is a direct confrontation with US imperialism and fossil capitalism. Thus, Palestinian liberation must be at the core of global environmental and climate justice struggles. www.tni.org/en/article/e...
Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation | Transnational Institute
The devastation in Gaza is not only genocide but also ecocide: the deliberate destruction of an entire social and ecological fabric. From poisoned soil and decimated farmland to collapsing water syste...
www.tni.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Accordi internazionali, mozione del Senato accademico relativa agli accordi con università, enti e istituzioni israeliane

www.unifi.it/it/news/acco...
Accordi internazionali, mozione del Senato accademico
relativa agli accordi con università, enti e istituzioni israeliane
www.unifi.it
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Burocrazia impossibile e nessun canale per l’evacuazione, Mahmoud e altri giovani gazawi rischiano di non venire più a studiare in Italia. In una nota la Farnesina spiega che «sta lavorando per creare corridoi universitari», ma il tempo è sempre meno

www.editorialedomani.it/fatti/studen...
L’odissea degli studenti palestinesi: vincitori di borse di studio in Italia, ma in trappola a Gaza e in Cisgiordania
Burocrazia impossibile e nessun canale per l’evacuazione, Mahmoud e altri giovani gazawi rischiano di non venire più a studiare in Italia. In una nota la Farnesina spiega che «sta lavorando per creare...
www.editorialedomani.it
September 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A new paper published for the SALAM-MED PRIMA project.

The potential of novel remote sensing evapotranspiration data and global soil maps for SWAT+ agro-hydrological modeling in data-scarce regions of the North Mediterranean

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Giulio Castelli
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Shiffman+
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

"for scientists and science communicators...Bluesky should be considered instead"

news:
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
August 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Con tutte le contraddizioni, che in molti hanno denunciato, il bando #IUPALS ha fornito una lista di circa 500 studenti #palestinesi che desiderano studiare in Italia ed hanno i titoli per farlo.

www.roars.it/portiamo-nel...

#Gaza #Palestine
Portiamo nelle nostre università tutti gli studenti palestinesi idonei (nei bandi IUPALS)
Con tutte le contraddizioni, che in molti hanno denunciato, il bando IUPALS ha fornito una lista di circa 500 studenti palestinesi che desiderano studiare in Italia ed hanno i titoli per farlo. Ogni g...
www.roars.it
August 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are hosting an online session at the World Water Week 2025 on "Non-conventional waters to achieve #water, #food and #human #security" - Tuesday 26th August 16:00 (CET)

Join us online for free by registering to the #WorldWaterWeek: lnkd.in/gQ9Y7bN
August 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Reposted by Giulio Castelli
🚨 Only a few days left! 🌊

Poetry, visual art, data storytelling — your voice matters. Join the fight against marine litter and see your work in Florence.

📅 Deadline: 25 Aug

📬 www.euniwell.eu/news-events/...

#EUniWell #ClimateArt #MarineLitter #StudentVoices
August 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM